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The Best of 2022 – Caz’s List

I had a more than decent reading year in 2022. Looking back through my reviews I can see I’ve been lucky enough to read a lot of good books, but when I came to put this…

the ask@AAR: Will ChatGPT ruin the writing? The world?

It’s fair to say I’m obsessed with ChatGPT. What’s that, you ask? Hmmm… let me try and explain. ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence bot that answers questions in fairly fluent language. It can answer almost any…

The Best of 2022 – Alexandra’s List

This has been a light reading year for me – words I thought I’d never say! But I suppose something had to give among the balance of new relationships, new responsibilities at work, and other family…

The Best of 2022 – Jessica’s List

This year proved to be less fruitful than others for me in terms of books I loved, however, there were a few I really enjoyed. Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron by Julia Quinn As an…

Talking with Jane Porter

Jane Porter is one of the few romance writers writing love stories that, among other things, feature Baby Boomers. Her latest book, Flirting with the Beast, features a smart, sexy pair of lovers that are 58…

the ask@AAR: What were the trends in romance in 2022?

Now that 2022, is in the books, what did you notice about it in romance? From my perspective, there definitely were some trends. Here, in no particular order, are some things I think happened. Was it…

The Best of 2022 – Maria Rose’s List

This is the first time since I started doing best of the year lists at All About Romance that I didn’t have trouble coming up with my list. In years past, I’ve had too many books…

The Best of 2022 – Caroline’s List

Some years I have a “type” – the year of the contemp, the year of comedy. This year, the only thing consistent in my favorites is that they had very little in common with each other!…

the ask@AAR: a 2022 retrospective

In 2022–including this one!–AAR has published 52 the ask@AAR columns. Many of these generated lots of comments. Readers had the most to say about their pet peeves in romance, trigger warnings in reviews, the election issues…